"Climate change is an extremely serious threat… urther to supporting our member States’ efforts, the UN has to walk the talk and take measures to reduce its own carbon footprint.”Christian Friis Bach, Executive Secretary, Economic Commission for Europe (ECE)

"By banning all nuclear testing, the CTBT makes an important contribution to the environment… our monitoring network also generates large amounts of data that help scientists better understand our planet"

"The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity will strive to fulfill its mandate to assist Parties to conserve, sustainably use and benefit from biodiversity, whilst at the same time reducing its carbon footprint."